9-letter words containing g, i, l, n
- left-wing — members of a liberal or radical political party, or those favoring extensive political reform.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legendist — a person who writes or compiles legends.
- legendize — to make a legend of: Devoted followers legendized his honesty.
- legginess — having awkwardly long legs.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- lengthier — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- lengthily — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- lesioning — an injury; hurt; wound.
- lessening — to become less.
- lessoning — Present participle of lesson.
- lettering — a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- levanting — Present participle of levant.
- levelling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- lewis gun — a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.
- lexington — a town in E Massachusetts, NW of Boston: first battle of American Revolution fought here April 19, 1775.
- libelling — Present participle of libel.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- licencing — license.
- licensing — Grant a license to (someone or something) to permit the use of something or to allow an activity to take place.
- lig snail — banded Florida tree snail.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- ligations — Plural form of ligation.
- light pen — a handheld light-sensitive device used for pointing at characters or objects on a CRT in order to make or modify drawings or to indicate functions to be performed.
- lightened — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lightener — That which lightens.
- lightings — Plural form of lighting.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- lightning — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- lignaloes — agalloch.
- lignified — to convert into wood; cause to become woody.
- ligniform — having the form of wood; resembling wood, as a variety of asbestos.
- lilangeni — a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Swaziland, equal to 100 cents.
- liltingly — rhythmic swing or cadence.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- limnology — the scientific study of bodies of fresh water, as lakes and ponds, with reference to their physical, geographical, biological, and other features.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lindegren — Erik (Johan) [ey-rik yoo-hahn] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈyu hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1910–68, Swedish poet and literary critic.
- line gale — equinoctial storm.
- lingayata — a Saiva cult emphasizing devotion and faith.
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- lingereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- lingually — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- linguists — Plural form of linguist.
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- linishing — an object or surface which has been made smooth and polished through the process of linishing
- linking r — the r- sound as reintroduced into an utterance where there is an r in the spelling by speakers of an r- dropping dialect when a postvocalic r they would normally drop, as in the pronunciation of far as [fah] /fɑ/ (Show IPA) becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as [fahr-uh-wey] /ˈfɑr əˈweɪ/ (Show IPA).
- linkoping — a city in S Sweden.